A Love Lost

Chapter 17

A week later Hallie was at her hotel room in Wisconsin. She was panicking and needed someone to talk to, so she called Andrea.

"Hello?" Andrea said.

"Andrea, I think I'm in trouble." Hallie said in a scared voice.

"What are you talking about Hallie?" "What's wrong?"

"I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think I'm pregnant."

"And if you are, you don't know who the father is?"

"No I don't."

"Have you taken a pregnancy test?"

"I'm taking one when I go home tomorrow."

"Do Max or Sam know yet?"

"No." "I don't even know if I'm going to tell either of them."

"They'll figure it out at some point."

"If I keep the baby." "I don't know what to do."

"You're thinking about an abortion?"

"Yeah." "I want to keep it but I'm afraid of another miscarriage, I'm afraid that if Max is the father and I have another miscarriage, it'll tear Max and I apart."

"Just think everything through really well."

"There's nothing to think about, yet."

The next night Hallie was making herself dinner. The front door opened.

"Surprise baby, it's me." Max said.

"Honey." She said surprised. He came into the kitchen. They kissed.

"I was bored and wanted to come see you."

"I'll make more food."

Later that night Max was in the bathroom flossing his teeth. When he was finished he threw the used floss away but missed the trashcan. When he bent down to pick it up and throw it away, he noticed a pregnancy test in the trash. When he picked it up he saw it was positive. He smiled. He went into the bedroom where Hallie was. He went up to her smiling

"What?" She asked.

"I found the pregnancy test."

"I didn't know how to tell you."

"It's ok Hallie." "I couldn't be happier."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"I um, don't know if I'm keeping it."

"Are you afraid of another miscarriage?"

"Yes." "I want to keep it, I'm thirty-five this might be my last chance to have a baby." "If I miscarried again, I don't know if I could take it."

"If that happened again, which I don't think it would, I would never behave the way Sam did."

"You want me to keep it, don't you?"

"Honestly yes, but this is your decision and I'll support whatever you decide." "I'm with you on this." "I love you so much Hallie."

"I love you too." They kissed.